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My homeboy Jesus “Zeus” El is a fool… And that’s just the start of the attribute list…

Pen and Zeus

That list also includes: An acro-dunking/ poetry writing/ devout Christian/ world traveling/ proud West Oaklander/ engaged man/ dancer/ community activist/ mentor/ businessman/ family man/ good friend and like I said before…A fool!!!

this train of thought is inspired by his latest video…

In this video, he very possibly trumps his video of walking on the Great Wall of China or his videos of dunking at NBA All Star games. In his most recent video: he makes an appearance on the Jerry Springer Show- and he literally clowns!!!

Jesus has a history of making some eye-opening media. He’s been on the cover of news papers in Asia and Mexico for international acro-dunking, he’s been on television shows such as Ripley’s “Believe it or not” and “The Best Damn Sports show” performing acro-dunking, and not that I’m jealous or anything- but he also has a picture with Beyoncé from dunking at the NBA All Star Game.

We often talk about how a person’s image in media can travel so far- while the individual can still feel confined to the place their mission started.

We’ve come a long way since first meeting in 7th grade. But two things have been consistent: his connection to Oakland, and his lack of connection to the earth- because he’s always flying off of trampolines!

We’ve come together to produce a number of videos, here are some notable 1’s…

First and foremost, here is a video from the belly of the “Hyphy Movement”. E-40’s record release party in Emeryville. This video put a lot of things on the map- including elephants going dumb …Check out the Video

And for some reason- the Oakland A’s Mascot “Stomper” dances a lot like my home boy in this clip from the mid- summer classic All Star Game in New York July 2008. hmmmm… too bad we’ll never know Stomper’s true identity (wink-wink) Check out this video of B-Boy Stomper

There is an endless list of entertaining videos of this young man- (for more checkout his youtube page: 21Seus) each with an aura of entertainment and education, sprinkled with a sample of strong spirituality. It’s funny, we always talk about how someone’s image can travel through the media, yet that person might feel as though they haven’t gone anywhere. Looking at these videos- I can see how just how far he has come. I can see how far I have come. The only thing I can’t see… is how much further we can go…

We have a saying: … a little something to remind us that the sky is the limit- and when we get to that height- we will have created something that will last forever…